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Korean military soldiers preparing for combat

Training or torture?

Cherlin Kim, Managing Editor | Oct 24, 2022

Take a moment and picture a soldier. Let me guess—tall, muscular guy in cargo pants?  This spring, SIS senior boys have begun receiving military enrollment letters to sign up for two years of cut-throat...

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Columbia falls in college rankings

Daniel Shin, Editor-In-Chief | Oct 24, 2022

Months following Columbia University’s announcement of having published misleading data on its class size and faculty education, US News and World Report dropped the school from the no. 2 to the no....

BTS performing at Busan

BTS concert causes hotel prices to skyrocket

Chelsea Kim, Reporter | Oct 24, 2022

Prices of hotels in Busan have been at an all-time high, with hotels demanding up to $1400 per night to maximize their profits off of BTS' immensely popular “Yet to Come” Busan concert. “I have...

Picture of a Nobel prize.

The 2022 Nobel Prize goes to…

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Editor in Chief | Oct 24, 2022

Every October, the Sweden and Norway committee names six winners of prizes in a variety of  categories, including physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, economic science, literature, and peace work.  According...

Kakao servers go down for 10 hours

Kakao servers go down for 10 hours

Jack Lee, Reporter | Oct 18, 2022

On Oct. 15th, a fire Saturday at a Kakao data center caused a server outage for nearly 10 hours in Kakao services that include Kakao Messenger, Kakao Map, Kakao Metro, Kakao Bank, and Kakao-owned music...

Supreme Court takes on 50-year-old Voting Rights Act

Supreme Court takes on 50-year-old Voting Rights Act

Brandon Choi, Executive Copy Editor | Oct 18, 2022

On Oct. 4th, the US Supreme Court began hearings on Merrill v. Milligan, which challenges the legality of Alabama’s newly drawn congressional districts in accordance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.  The...

Hurricane Ian hits Florida

Hurricane Ian creates devastation

Erin J Choi, Reporter | Oct 12, 2022

On Sept. 28, Hurricane Ian made landfall on Florida’s West Coast at Category 4 strength. The death toll continues to rise, with current numbers confirming at least 109 people killed in Florida and North...

North Korea launches two missiles 22 minutes apart

North Korea launches two missiles 22 minutes apart

Jennifer Kwon, Reporter | Oct 6, 2022

On Oct. 4, North Korea fired two missiles 22 minutes apart from the North’s capital region. The missiles landed between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.  Later that evening, South Korea launched two...

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Sindang Station

Brutal subway murder shocks Korea

Danny Donghyun Han, Managing Editor | Oct 4, 2022

On Sept.14, Jeon Joo-hwan killed a woman after stalking her in the Sinsadang station. Jeon waited at the station, where the victim worked, for approximately one hour and 10 minutes. Then, when she entered...

Queen Elizabeth’s funeral day

Queen Elizabeth’s funeral day

Erin Choi, Reporter | Oct 4, 2022

On Sept. 19, Britain’s longest reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral took place at Westminster Abbey. At 6 a.m., the doors of Westminster Hall where the queen lay in state closed to the public...

Carlsen and Niemann in a head-to-head classical chess match

Magnus Carlsen accuses Hans Neimann of cheating

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Oct 2, 2022

Magnus Carlsen, considered by many as the greatest chess player of all time, released a statement on Sept. 26 accusing Hans Neimann of cheating after being defeated by him in a chess match on Sept. 4....

President Yoon directs ‘foul language’ to Biden

President Yoon directs ‘foul language’ to Biden

Jennifer Kwon, Reporter | Sep 29, 2022

On Sept. 22, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol courted another controversy against President Biden in a now-viral, hot mic moment.   The pair met at the Global Fund conference—a discussion amongst...